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Has the department incorporated environmental performance considerations in its procurement decision-making processes?

Yes

Summary of initiatives to incorporate environmental performance considerations in procurement decision-making processes:

Policy

• Departmental direction for the implementation of the Policy on Green Procurement has been established through a new Contract Management Guide and revisions to PWGSC’s Supply Manual.

Training

• Materiel managers, procurement personnel and acquisition card holders are required to complete the online Green Procurement course offered by the Canada School of Public Service (CSPS). Additionally, a green procurement module is included in the PWGSC Introduction to Procurement Course.

Communications

• PWGSC green publishing standards have been developed.

Managed Print

• PWGSC has taken steps to reduce the quantity of departmental printing equipment, including equipment rationalization activities and the implementation of managed print solutions.

Results achieved:

Results related to PWGSC’s green procurement initiatives are included in part 7 of this table.

Contributions to facilitate government-wide implementation of green procurement:

PWGSC is active in the development of information, tools and guidance to support individual departments and agencies incorporating environmental performance considerations in their procurement decision-making. 

The Interdepartmental Green Procurement Engagement Strategy, which includes the Green Procurement Forum, provides further opportunities to promote the requirement to incorporate environmental performance considerations in procurement decision-making.

The Performance Measurement Framework (PMF) for the Policy on Green Procurement, which reflects a multi-year incremental approach to improve measurement of government-wide progress against key green procurement objectives, has been refined. It includes departmental reporting against key performance indicators such as "increasing integration of environmental considerations in procurement decision-making processes with respect to: training; employee performance evaluations; direction and processes; green procurement targets; and documenting and reporting on green procurement performance".

The Green Procurement course is available to all federal employees on Campusdirect free of charge. The Office of Greening Government Operations (OGGO) Web site hosts several tools and guidelines and will soon include more that have been recently developed including: Tips for Departments Implementing Green Procurement, the Guideline - Integrating Environmental Considerations Into Departmental Procurement Management Frameworks and the Guideline for Greening Services Procurement.

Acquisitions Branch's Green Procurement Publiservice Web site hosts commodity specific Green Procurement Plans, and a list of Green Standing Offers, Supply Arrangements and Contracts. A Repertoire of Green Language, to assist procurement personnel in developing evaluation criteria, clauses and conditions, statements of work or supplier surveys that must include environmental considerations, was developed and is soon to be published.

Through the commodity management process, PWGSC developed Green Procurement Plans for commodity management initiatives totaling an estimated spend value of $3.3 billion. Further greening efforts are underway with Green Procurement Plans for commodity management initiatives totaling over $2 billion.

More information on the Policy on Green Procurement is available at: http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/ecologisation-greening/achats-procurement/politique-policy-eng.html

Has the department established green procurement targets?

Yes

Summary of green procurement targets:

Target	Associated Benefits	Indicate whether target has been set as a function of mandate, spend and/or environmental risk
By March 2010, to complete a pilot project that introduces a fully managed print solution to reduce the environmental impacts of PWGSC printing services.	Savings in energy use (from smaller plug load and from less embedded/lifecycle energy) Savings in greenhouse gas and air emissions (energy savings above and from less embedded/lifecycle energy) Savings in water emissions (production) Savings in toxic materials and hazardous waste generation (production)	Target was set as a function of environmental risk.
By March 2010, reduce the quantity of departmental printing equipment (e.g. printers, photocopiers, facsimile machines) by 50% compared to fiscal year 2005-2006.	Savings in energy use (from smaller plug load and from less embedded/lifecycle energy) Savings in greenhouse gas and air emissions (energy savings above and from less embedded/lifecycle energy) Savings in water emissions (production) Savings in toxic materials and hazardous waste generation (production) Greater use of paper with high recycled content in publications, and overall reduced mass printing of departmental publications	Target was set as a result of spend, recognizing that it would also reduce the environmental impacts.
By March 2010, develop and implement PWGSC Green Printing Standards.		Target was set as function of mandate. Corporate Communications plays a coordination role for publishing for the department.
By March 2010, 90 percent of materiel managers, procurement personnel and acquisition card holders to have attended green procurement training.	Increased awareness and understanding of green procurement	Target was set to comply with policy direction.
By March 2010, support the inclusion of environmental considerations into the Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB) standards routinely used in the Government of Canada procurement process.	Improves the environmental standards for the 2 commodities in question.	Target was set as a function of spend and environmental risk. Fuels and Lubricants, and Furniture are the 2 commodities targeted and they represent significant government-wide spend and have significant environmental impacts.

Results achieved:

Target	Performance Measures	Results
By March 2010, to complete a pilot project that introduces a fully managed print solution to reduce the environmental impacts of PWGSC printing services.	Degree to which pilot project is completed.	100%
By March 2010 reduce the quantity of departmental printing equipment (e.g. printers, photocopiers, facsimile machines) by 50 percent compared to fiscal year 2005/2006.	Quantity of printing equipment PWGSC uses Note: Reported reduction is relative to fiscal year 2006/2007	100% + (reduced by 62%)
By March 2010, develop and implement PWGSC Green Printing Standards.	PWGSC Green Printing Standard approved and communicated	100%
	Percentage of PWGSC published documents in compliance with the PWGSC Green Printing Standards	No quantitative results available
By March 2010, 90 percent of materiel managers, procurement personnel and acquisition card holders to have attended green procurement training.	Percentage of material managers [MM], procurement personnel [PP] and acquisition card holders [ACH] who have received green procurement training	MM: 100% PP: 84% ACH: 100%
By March 2010, support the inclusion of environmental considerations into Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB) standards routinely used in the Government of Canada (GC) procurement process.	Number of environmental considerations in the priority CGSB standards routinely used in the GC procurement process	No quantitative results available
	Number of environmental considerations recommendations related back to standards committee(s) for inclusion into the priority CGSB standards	No quantitative results available